Re: new Etch install fails to boot
On 07/31/2007 08:31 PM, Steve Kleene wrote:
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Still, I verified that /etc/lilo.conf was there, and there were no grub
files anywhere under /target (including under /boot). I finished the
installation anyway, and found it totally bizarre when a reboot produced
the same output as before, including "GRUB Loading stage1.5". It's as if
this string lives on the MBR and I'm unable to overwrite it.
Which MBR? Each fixed disk can have its own MBR. It sounds like you have
six ATA devices installed; the BIOS is trying to boot from one of those
devices, and you need to write to the MBR for that device.
BTW, did you change /etc/lilo.conf to work with your system?
Practically all I can think of now is trying to install Windows and see if
that's even possible. That's pretty desperate.
In case it's relevant, here's how fdisk showed the filesys in rescue mode:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hde1 * 1 12 96358+ 83 Linux
/dev/hde2 4819 5005 1502077+ 5 Extended
/dev/hde3 12 4818 38604195 83 Linux
/dev/hde5 4819 5005 1502046 82 Linux swap / Solaris
I do appreciate all of your suggestions and am sorry this is going on so
long.
Where are and what are the devices before /dev/hde?
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